A PLATFORM FOR THOUGHT AND HUMANITY "In generosity and helping others, be like a river. In compassion and grace, be like the sun. In concealing other's faults, be like the night. In anger and fury, be like dead. In modesty and humility, be like the earth. In tolerance, be like the sea. Either appear as you are, or be as you appear" (Mevlana Rumi) "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the life-long attempt to acquire it" (Albert Einstein) (Contact Address: reflectioncafe@gmail.com)

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Pearls of Wisdom (II)

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.Ruth McKenney.Enthusiasm is the best protection in any situation. Wholeheartedness is contagious. Give yourself, if you wish to get others.

David Seabury

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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English Essayist

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Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and second, a definite, intelligible plan for carrying that idea into action.

Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975)

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

Mencius (371-291 B.C.)

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I love the man that can smile in trouble that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) British-American Writer

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Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

John C. Bogle (1929-) American Investor

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The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.

Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

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The greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising up every time we fall.

Confucius (551-479 BC)

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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Arabian Proverb

.Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Albert Einstein.If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.Mary Pickford (1893-1979) Canadian Actress.If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.Charlotte Bronte.To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.Confucius (551-479 BC).The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The Superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.William Arthur Ward.The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet.The sign of intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.Marya Mannes (1904-1990) American Journalist.Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing -- and does it well.E. Merrill Root (1895-1973) American Writer.If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.Glenn Clark.Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes.Mevlana Rumi.No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.Minot Simons.Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.Mary Lou Cook.The Tragedy is not the brutality of evil but the Silence of good people.Martin Luther King.It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly.Mabel Newcomber.All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are keenly aware that "luck" is most often being prepared to take advantage of a situation.Unknown.Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.Longfellow.Courtesy is simply doing unto others what you would like them to do unto you.Anonymous.The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry.The Prophet Mohammad.Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English Novelist.Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.F.W. Faber.What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?Adam Smith (1723-1790).Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American Writer.The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.Felix Adler.The world is good-natured to people who are good natured.William Makepeace Thackeray.It is a glorious achievement to master one's own temper.Anonymous.Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.Seneca.Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher.All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.Dr. Frank Richards (1875-1961) English Writer.Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.A.W. Pinero.I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet.Persian saying, Ancient.

Love is Reckless

LOVE IS RECKLESS; not reason.Reason seeks a profit.Love comes on strong,consuming herself, unabashed.Yet, in the midst of suffering,Love proceeds like a millstone,hard surfaced and straightforward.Having died of self-interest,she risks everything and asks for nothing.Love gambles away every gift God bestows.Without cause God gave us Being;without cause, give it back again.MEVLANA RUMI